Market Roundup

COMPANIES

• Hindujas to begin Hutch Essar due diligence next week
• Nicholas Piramal signs agreement with Eli Lilly
• Jaiprakash Associates Q3 net up 82 per cent
• IOC signs JV with RIL: to invest Rs2,000-cr
• SAIL to invest Rs 1 lakh cr by 2020, raise capacity to 40 mt
• Gujarat State Petroleum to enter into oil exploration pact with Polish company
• Gati signs agreement with CREIL
• Hindujas considering stake acquisition in Telecom Italia
• Ramsarup to raise funds overseas
• Nahar to invest Rs1,000-1,200 crore in real estate development
• Companies seen heading for Gujarat

• Govt plans petrol, diesel prices review on Jan 31
• Indo-Europe trade to touch $100 b by 2010: IndusView
• Indian biz owners emerge as most confident in world: Study
• Andhra Pradesh lures textile mills from TN
• Industrial output rises 14.4 per cent
• Subsidies for poor to continue: FM
• Inflation rises to 5.58 per cent
• Infrastructure status may be given to gas pipelines: FM

• Marico approves 10:1 stock split
• UTI Bank Q3 net up 40 per cent
• Reliance Comm to list Flag Tele on LSE
• Kotak MF changes benchmarks for 3 equity funds
• ABN AMRO Mutual sets Rs6 per unit dividend in equity fund

• Michael Wolf, COO MTV Networks quits
• EMI issues profit warning, fires top people

• Sunil Mittal selected Asia's businessman of year: Fortune